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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



KANSAS QTY. MO. 



The beautifying of lawns and the 

 spring bedding is now in full opeiation'. 

 Last year this branch of o\ir industry 

 received an impetus from the liberal 

 premiums offered by our cnlcrprising 

 citizens for the most artistic llciwer 

 beds and best kept lawns through the 

 summer. These inducements were the 

 means of bringing about an evolution iu 

 landscaping and arrangements of flower 

 beds. The grounds of many of our fine 

 residences were very noticeably im- 

 proved with a great abundance ofplants, 

 harmonizing in color, with new and orig- 

 inal designs not used in previous years. 



We had plenty of rain condii<ivc to 

 vegetation, and our parks and gardens 

 were gorgeous with fine blooms and 

 foliage. - There is no comparison be- 

 tween this spring and last. No rain 

 to speak of in five weeks and the plants- 

 men are consequently working under 

 great difficulties. An increase in sales 

 in this line is reported, with prices a 

 shade lower than a year ago. 



Business at the retail stores has been 

 brisk for two weeks. The principal de- 

 mand is for funeral work, and the mar- 

 ket is pretty well cleaned up every day 

 of all good material. Prices remain 

 firm, with best Brides and JIaids bring- 

 ing $5 per 100. The carnation crop, 

 we regret to say, is being neglected, 

 and 100 blooms and 500 buds 'can be 

 bought for $1. Paeonies have made their 

 appearance and are selling well. The 

 present indications are we will have a 

 good Decoration Day trade. Very few 

 designs or emblems are used, the call 

 being mostly for cut flowers and plants. 

 If trade is equal to that of a year ago 

 there will be none too many cut flowers, 

 as outside blooms, with few exceptions, 

 are a failure this season. 



Mr. and Mrs. James Hayes of Topeka, 

 Kan., looking well and prosperous, 

 were visitors here last week. H. J. M. 



Clarksville, Tenn. — A heavy hail 

 storm on May 24 riddled the green- 

 houses of Mr. James Morton, doing con- 

 siderable damage to plants in the houses 

 as well as breaking a lot of glass. The 

 loss through broken glass is estimated at 

 $7.50 and that on plants at .$250. Mr. 

 Morton did not carry any hail insurance. 

 He had not lost .so much as a single light 

 of glass from hail before during his sev- 

 enteen years' experience here. Fortu- 

 nately the weather was not cold or the 

 loss in plants through freezing would 

 have been heavy. 



Hiawatha, Kans. — J. \V. Margrave & 

 (Jo. lo.st more than half of their glass 

 through a destructive hail storm last 

 week. Fortunately but little damage was 

 done to the stock in the houses. They 

 carried insurance in the Hail Associa- 

 tion, but the present high price of glass 

 will make the insurance come consider- 

 ably shfirt of covering the loss. 



New Orleans, La. — A meeting of ,the 

 New Orleans Horticultural Society was 

 held' May 16 to complete arrangements 

 for the chrysanthemum show to be held 

 next November. Several additional spe- 

 cial prizes were reported. 



Sterling, III.— J. S. Swartley will 

 this summer tear down one of his old 

 greenhouses and vfill build a new one 

 50x25, which will contain 1,450 square 

 feet of glass. 



Seasonable Stock. 



.GERANIUMS. 



per 100: — Due de M.i 

 Dr. Despres, Caesar. 

 2-ineh pots only:— .Ma 



Chrysanthemums 



u. AMERICA, in.ni .;'., iiiel. pi.ts. li^.ijii per 1( 

 stock ol the following varieties from ■_*'4-ineh pc 

 00 per lOO:— Polly Rose, Mrs. J. Jones. M. de Moi 

 .\Iaj. Bonnadon. Ivory. Pink Ivory, Harry A. Parr, Mrs. S. 



han. Queen Charlotte, Egandale. 

 and Crimson P.edder. 

 Allemania, ** m p, r inn. Black Prince, $innn pnr inn. Carex Jap. Varieyata. 2',2-ineh 



p,,l<. *', iin |i.r Inn i,obelia, _•' , in i"'i^. *J ',n imt l^i" Cyperus Alternifjlius, i'j'-in, pots, 

 $L',Mi ).. r Inn Vinca Major Varieg-ata. J' , in i,i.i., <i nn per Inn, Anemone. Queen Cnar- 

 lotte, Si nn p,.[ Inn Rudbeckia, Golden i*low, .'' , In, pnt^, $2 .'in \)rv inn, Isolepis Gra- 

 cilis, j' , ni lint-, *J "in pnr Inn Plialaris Varleg-ata, n'^-iu, pnt-., .ii:;,nn PIT inn. Princess 

 of Wales Violet, i-,\tia strniiu- phiiit,^ fnnji snil, ,tI -,"i per li.iii; *ln,iMi per Iniin, 



NATHAN SIVIITH & SON, - 



ADRIAN, MICH. 



The Review when you write. 



N 



ORWAY MAPLES, 



3 to 4 Inches C&liper, 

 14 to 15 Feet in Height. 



t^e^^e^e^t^t^l 



We have a Qne block of 2.000 t 



perfect specimens with good heads and 



ANDORRA NURSERIES, William Warner 



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Burpee's Seeds Grow 



VEGETABLE PLANTS. 



CABBAGE.— Wakefield. Succession, All Head, 

 Early and Late Flat Dutch, Savoy and other va- 

 rieties. 1.5c per 100: $1.00 per 1000: $8.50 per 10.000. 



CELERV.— White Plume, Golden Self-Blanch- 

 ing and other varieties, 15o per 100: $1.00 per 1000: 

 $8.50 per 10,000: small for transplanting, 7ft cts. 

 per 1000. 



EGG PLAWTS.— N. Y. Improved. 25c per 100: 

 $2.00 per IWIO. 



PEPPER —Bull Nose. Ruby King and Sweet 

 Mountain, 2ic per 100: $2.00 per lOOO. 



TOMATO. -In var., 20e per 100: $1.26 per 1000. 



LETTUCE.— Invar.. 1.5c per 100: $1.00 per 1000, 



BEETS.— 20c per 100: $1.50 per 1000. 

 If any of the above are wanted by 

 add lOo per 100 plants. Cash with 



R. VINCENT, Jr. & SON, White Marsh, Md. 



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...VIOLETS... 



Orders booked now for Rooted Cuttings and 

 Pot Plants of Imperial, Marie Louise, Farquhar, 

 and Lady Campbell. 



10,000 Crane, White Cloud and Flora Hill, from 

 soil, at a bargain. Write for catalogue. 

 CBABB & HUNTER, Grand Rapids, Mich. 



Mention THE REVIEW when you write. 



THE E. G. HILL GO. 



Wholesale 

 Florists, 



RICHMOND. INDIANA. 



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Pan-American 

 Exposition^ 



/ABASH 



IS THE SHORTEST LINE 



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KANSAS CITY, ST. LOUIS, CHICAGO 



AND INTERMEDIATE POINTS. 



C. S. CEA.-(E, 0.nTP™'tu,dIiik,l Jjmt. ST. LOCIS. 



A GREAT SELLER, 



Through my adv. in- the Review I 

 sold all my plants and could have sold 

 many more if I had had them. I think 

 your paper a great seller. — Mrs. E. 

 kuNTZ, Frankfort, Ind. 



